What unifies every part of my journey is I always lead with my curiosity, obsession, or fascination.

For artists, there's a very fine line between delusion and belief.

'Write what you know' works, but it's limiting. Write what fascinates you. Write what you can't stop thinking about.

Everyday, it's about building a practice that enables you to try and forget that you're afraid.

All screenwriting books are bullshit, all. Watch movies, read screenplays. Let them be your guide.

Hollywood is a land of self-invention.

Maybe the price of forgetting that even in America, even in New York City, when a man back home is talking, you better listen closely.

Maybe the price of forgetting that even in America, even in New York City, when a man from back home is talking, you better listen closely. (Dark City Lights)

If you are still breathing, don not stop learning.

One good thing about love, when it touches you, time stands still.

When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in solving problems.

... deep down nobody is bad, only frightened.

The only healing I’ve ever known is getting back in that race car — for all us racers.

When you walk to the end of a fiction, its procedure is 1) intuitive; and 2) emotional. Its intelligence is emotional, I think.

The less someone knows about me, the better, because my intention is to play a variety of characters.

Republicans cannot continue to oppose every Hispanic issue.

Thank you for trusting me.

All my weak days have a common cause - I have neglected communion with God through my neglect of the Scriptures & prayer. When will I learn?